[okfn-help] Beta testing new datapkg release

Thu Nov 4 16:53:35 UTC 2010

That seems to have done the trick! After installing running "datapkg
--version" shows "0.7" and no errors :)


On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:
> On 3 November 2010 18:34, Mike Chelen <mike at opensci.info> wrote:
>> Hi Rufus,
>> The same urlgrabber error seems to occur when installing from PIP,
>> even though it looks like 0.7 was properly installed. Tested with
>> Ubuntu Server 10.10 (on Amazon EC2): http://pastebin.com/2yNtDbDp
>> Hope this helps determine what is going on :)
>
> A big doh! I forgot to remove urlgrabber imports (not sure why I did
> not catch this). Anyway removed now and re-uploaded 0.7. If you would
> not mind, please reinstall and see if it works.
>
> Rufus
>
>> - Mike
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 5:59 PM, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:
>>> Hi Mike (and Matthew),
>>>
>>> I've now removed the urlgrabber dependency (it wasn't actually really
>>> needed atm) and this should simplify install.
>>>
>>> With this change in place, I've just released datapkg 0.7 to pypi
>>> (will do official announce early next week) and wondered if you would
>>> be able to do a quick test install again to see that everyone works
>>> ok.
>>>
>>> Much appreciated,
>>>
>>> Rufus
>>>
>>> On 19 October 2010 10:44, Mike Chelen <mike at opensci.info> wrote:
>>>> Is there some way to manually install urlgrabber? PIP isn't absolutely
>>>> needed, since easy_install is working ok, but it's nice to have more install
>>>> options available.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 6:08 PM, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hmmm, don't know what to make of this. Maybe I should try distributing
>>>>> urlgrabber as part of datapkg ;)
>>>>>
>>>>> Rufus
>>>>>
>>>>> On 18 October 2010 20:55, Mike Chelen <mike at opensci.info> wrote:
>>>>> > Had errors with PIP without virtuaenv using this install procedure:
>>>>> >
>>>>> > sudo apt-get install python python-setuptools python-pip
>>>>> > sudo pip install datapkg
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Error log: http://pastebin.com/ghkH5c7n
>>>>> >
>>>>> > It seems to be related to URLgrabber.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Same error occurred using virtualenv:
>>>>> >
>>>>> > sudo apt-get install python-virtualenv
>>>>> > virtualenv your_virtual_env
>>>>> > pip -E your_virtual_env install datapkg
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 4:38 AM, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org>
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> On 14 October 2010 06:25, Mike Chelen <mike at opensci.info> wrote:
>>>>> >> > For some reason this time virtuaenv worked quite nicely :)
>>>>> >> > http://pastebin.com/knxxWHxg
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Great.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> > Had problems trying to install system wide, though this might be an
>>>>> >> > issue
>>>>> >> > with my system:
>>>>> >> > http://pastebin.com/e2bE8Czu
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Yes, looks like you are missing
>>>>> >> "http://pypi.python.org/pypi/distribute" which is odd since that isn't
>>>>> >> required by python or by datapkg!
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> > Since this is working I'm happy, would testing PIP be useful as well?
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Yes, very useful. (One day -- very soon -- i'm going to automate this
>>>>> >> process with a script so you can just run it automatically!)
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Rufus
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> > On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Rufus Pollock
>>>>> >> > <rufus.pollock at okfn.org>
>>>>> >> > wrote:
>>>>> >> >>
>>>>> >> >> On 13 October 2010 12:24, Mike Chelen <mike at opensci.info> wrote:
>>>>> >> >> > Datapkg 0.7a seems to get installed with easy_install, even when
>>>>> >> >> > using
>>>>> >> >> > virtuaenv. It would be nice if it worked though.
>>>>> >> >>
>>>>> >> >> Weird, for me using virtualenv and easy:
>>>>> >> >>
>>>>> >> >> $ easy_install datapkg
>>>>> >> >> Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/datapkg/
>>>>> >> >> Reading http://www.okfn.org/datapkg
>>>>> >> >> Reading http://www.okfn.org/
>>>>> >> >> Best match: datapkg 0.7b
>>>>> >> >> Downloading
>>>>> >> >>
>>>>> >> >>
>>>>> >> >> http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/d/datapkg/datapkg-0.7b.tar.gz#md5=de33ec9be74d22cd5c320418f2a2426c
>>>>> >> >> Processing datapkg-0.7b.tar.gz
>>>>> >> >>
>>>>> >> >> However easy_install then barfs with (i tested with pip!):
>>>>> >> >>
>>>>> >> >>    return self._version
>>>>> >> >> ValueError: ("Missing 'Version:' header and/or PKG-INFO file",
>>>>> >> >> urlgrabber [unknown version]
>>>>> >> >>
>>>>> >> >>
>>>>> >> >>
>>>>> >> >> (/tmp/easy_install-LjW1Et/datapkg-0.7b/temp/easy_install-xBr9_U/urlgrabber-3.1.0/temp/easy_install-uYliSd/urlgrabber-3.1.0))
>>>>> >> >>
>>>>> >> >> Anyways feedback very useful!
>>>>> >> >>
>>>>> >> >> Rufus
>>>>> >> >>
>>>>> >> >> > On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 7:09 AM, Rufus Pollock
>>>>> >> >> > <rufus.pollock at okfn.org>
>>>>> >> >> > wrote:
>>>>> >> >> >> Much appreciated Mike.
>>>>> >> >> >>
>>>>> >> >> >> I think trying to *not* use mercurial would be good as that is
>>>>> >> >> >> what
>>>>> >> >> >> most people do (though it makes it harder to submit patches if we
>>>>> >> >> >> do
>>>>> >> >> >> find a problem).
>>>>> >> >> >>
>>>>> >> >> >> Perhaps:
>>>>> >> >> >>
>>>>> >> >> >> virtualenv {datapkg-venv}
>>>>> >> >> >> . datapkg-venv/bin/activate
>>>>> >> >> >> easy_install datapkg
>>>>> >> >> >>
>>>>> >> >> >> and then if you have problems and need to install from mercurial
>>>>> >> >> >> you
>>>>> >> >> >> can always do so later.
>>>>> >> >> >>
>>>>> >> >> >> Rufus
>>>>> >> >> >>
>>>>> >> >> >> On 13 October 2010 12:04, Mike Chelen <mike at opensci.info> wrote:
>>>>> >> >> >>> Hi Rufus,
>>>>> >> >> >>> This release looks great, very exciting! Going to test the new
>>>>> >> >> >>> features now. Is it helpful to test easy_install method again,
>>>>> >> >> >>> or
>>>>> >> >> >>> stick with mercurial and virtualenv?
>>>>> >> >> >>> Cheers,
>>>>> >> >> >>> -Mike
>>>>> >> >> >>>
>>>>> >> >> >>> On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 8:09 AM, Rufus Pollock
>>>>> >> >> >>> <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:
>>>>> >> >> >>>> Dear Mike,
>>>>> >> >> >>>>
>>>>> >> >> >>>> I know you were one of the earlier users of datapkg. I've just
>>>>> >> >> >>>> put
>>>>> >> >> >>>> out
>>>>> >> >> >>>> a new release (0.7) with lots of new features and wondered if
>>>>> >> >> >>>> you'd
>>>>> >> >> >>>> give it a testdrive and report any problems you find?
>>>>> >> >> >>>>
>>>>> >> >> >>>> Release: <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/datapkg>
>>>>> >> >> >>>>
>>>>> >> >> >>>> Docs: <http://packages.python.org/datapkg/>
>>>>> >> >> >>>>
>>>>> >> >> >>>> Rufus
>>>>> >> >> >>>> --
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>>>>> >> >> >>
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